At the end of the First World War, Dunragit Creamery changed over to margarine production which was in demand due to the scarcity and high price of butter.
If there was any surplus buttermilk, skim-milk or whey, it was fed to some 3000 pigs. The company also owned West Challoch Farm where a herd of 120 cows were kept.
Around 1921, Dunragit Creamery was sold to the English Margarine Company, a subsidiary of Lever Brothers of Liverpool.
In 1940 the Nestle Milk Company bought the creamery and changed to milk condensing, much of the output being for the armed forces.
In the 1960s milk intake ceased and production turned to non-milk items, including hydrolised protein as part of the company’s Maggi soup range, extensively manufactured. Nestle closed the factory in 1968.
